#simplistic writing

For example, I make and consume a lot of cartoony and comedic content, because that makes me happy and I want other people to be happy too. Just because what I make is simple or humorous doesn't mean I don't put time and effort into what I do. I make and consume this kind of content to cope with personal issues, as many other people do. Stories/art that are too complicated or serious genuinely make me upset and stir up a lot of unpleasant emotions that can seriously effect me. Being someone with ADHD emotions like this will hit me 10× harder then they would another person.

Comedy is so important to me. Comedy gives me a reason to laugh, it shows me a side of the world that isn't so painful. It's the perfect distraction. But because comedic content isn't serious or complicated it turns a lot of people off. People will call it childish or uninteresting.

What people don't understand is that there is an art to simplicity. There is an art to comedy. There is an art to silliness. Art is difficult to perfect. Look at spongebob for example. A colorful and silly cartoon for kids. Behind that, there is a team of hundreds of people working day in and day out to write jokes and draw storyboards. People that put serious work into this not so serious show.

People cope in different ways, I understand that. A lot of people cope by projecting their trauma onto characters that people with similar trauma can relate to. That, is so so so valid. But with this rising tide of people expressing themselves this way, people who cope with happiness are looked over. This can be so damaging to content creators who cope this way. I myself have gone down continuous self hating spirals because I think the things I make aren't serious enough to ever be recognized.

Again, I'm not saying that complex and serious stories are bad or that they shouldn't be used to cope, im not saying that at all. Please cope however you need too. But people who cope by spreading happiness deserve your attention too. Cartoony art, bright colors, comedic comics, even memes, are all just as worthy of your attention as more serious content. People who make simple silly content are not less competent then other content creators. They are not playing it safe. They are not trying to be crowd pleasers. They want to make people happy, first and foremost, and THAT is deserving of respect.

Rating: Mature

Category: M/M

Fandom: Final Fantasy XIV

Pairing: Haurchefant Greystone/Francel de Haillenarte

Summary:  Haurchefant, without his knowledge, has been ordained keeper of the Woods. This becomes apparent when one of the Lords of the Words has been gravely injured and he feels that desperation like a lightening strike to his heart. Or, in which Haurchefant and his sled dogs find a very pretty half-deer, half man injured in the middle of the Wood and he is compelled to take them home and nurse them back to health.

Or Something.

Sneak Peak: 

          There is a lone cabin in the woods where the wood of it is light pine, shingles firm and tight, and the chimney always billowing smoke in a twisting stack to the heavens. It’s been months since the first snow, or rather-months since the first snow had started snowing and refused profusely to stop. That...might be an exaggeration, but that is not to say the snow was not deep, the cold not harsh, and loneliness not poignant. The gentleman who lived here was strong willed and honest, he loved his fellow man, he loved his sled dogs, and he loved his Gods. One would be hard pressed to find a man so full of life and joy as Haurchefant, the way he danced around his stove with a hymn on his lips and a stew pot bubbling on his stove. His dogs all piled at the kitchen doorway with not a nail past the frame. Their eyes followed from side to side as he danced from cutting board to pot, tubers and vegetables the most he had to add to the meaty stew. Dinner simmering cheerily away on the stove, the smell of preserved onion and garlic soon to be wafting into the air.